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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1897
Page
2
The Burra Curlew Amateur Minstrels practiced vigorously and introduced new songs and jokes at Robertstown, winning popular praise. They also played a cricket match with neighbors and performed well. They offer help to those in need.
A local Burra column sketches a dog tangling with a bicycle rider and being dragged by the wheel, a hospital case of typhoid patients, and the death of John Fogarty. It reports on Wheat allotments for fifteen applicants, a fatal mine accident at the Proprietary Mine, and a Burra circus success amid dust storms. Further notes cover a romance tale, Burra Institute committee actions on periodicals theft, library rules, and plans for a reading room policy.
A Melbourne woman earns two pence for making a shirt while a Chinaman receives five pence for washing it. An acrobat claims a man can stand erect with arms at his sides, daring to attempt with no injury if he can hold his breath and lean forward. The Record awaits verification of the report.
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